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With every cricket season that passes the roll-call of great players gets longer. Batsmen, bowlers, fielders, wicket-keepers, captains, characters. Every year more international cricket is played by more countries, making the task of ranking the best of them harder than it has ever been. And how do you compare a dazzling Twenty20 specialist of the modern era with a champion of the age before Test cricket officially started in 1877? Some years after the last of his highly regarded books was published, Christopher Martin-Jenkins has ... read more

With every cricket season that passes the roll-call of great players gets longer. Batsmen, bowlers, fielders, wicket-keepers, captains, and characters. Every year more international cricket is played by more countries, making the task of ranking the best of them harder than it has ever been. And how do you compare a dazzling Twenty20 specialist of the modern era with a champion of the age before Test cricket officially started in 1877? Some years after the last of his highly regarded books was published, Christopher Martin-Jenkins ... read more

Hardback 1664pp h165mm x w105mm 16 colour plates + over 150 mono illustrations Annual publication. Hardcover & paperback same price. This edition first publishedd April 2008.

This trail-blazing book is likely to become the definitive manual on playing and coaching cricket. It represents the first time that a cricket coach and a sports scientist (both world experts in their field) have combined their experience, insights and wisdom to create what is probably the most comprehensive and complete book on playing and coaching cricket anywhere in the world. Unlike many other coaching manuals, this book does not simply supply technical 'recipes' for batting, bowling and fielding (although these are thoroughly ... read more

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'What are the butchers for?' And other splendid cricket quotations is a collection of some of the finest and most memorable quotes about the sport. It contains a mixture of timeless quotations and up-to-date ones that bring the format into the twenty-first century and reflect the fast-changing nature of the sport as well as its great history. The quotation in the title is attributed to the US actress Pauline Chase who, catching sight of the umpires at her first cricket match, was somewhat baffled. Groucho Marx: 'Has it started yet?... read more

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Richard Hadlee, Daniel Vettori, List of New Zealand Test Cricketers, Jack Cowie, Shane Bond, Brendon Mccullum, Lou Vincent, Stephen Fleming, Nathan Astle, Jesse Ryder, Matthew Bell, Lance Cairns, Daryl Tuffey, Craig Mcmillan, Ross Taylor, Chris Cairns, Martin Crowe, Mark Greatbatch, Scott Styris, Dipak Patel, Jeetan Patel, Walter Hadlee, Iain O'br... read more

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: New Zealand One Day International Captains, New Zealand Test Captains, New Zealand Twenty20 International Captains, New Zealand Youth One Day International Captains, New Zealand Youth Test Captains, New Zealand Women's One Day International Captains, New Zealand Women's Test Captains, New Zealand Women's Twenty20 International Captains, Daniel Vet... read more

Witty, fun and beautifully produced in the classic Wisden style; a must-have anthology for collectors and casual fans alike For 140 years Wisden Cricketers' Alamanack has collected and collated what happens in top-class cricket - here are the extended highlights. Contents include:Big hitters and fast scorers, from 'Buns' Thornton to 'Freddie' Flintoff, via 'Beefy' Botham.The ABC of world cricket, from Antarctica to Zambia.How Americans got the English to play baseball at Lord'sLiterary connections and fashion notes.Also featuring '... read more

A blow-by-blow account of the greatly anticipated 2005 Ashes series. Includes in-depth day-by-day analysis of all limited-overs internationals and Tests complete with scorecards and statistics. An essential souvenir of the tour. Since the first Test match staged in Melbourne in 1877, generations have been thrilled, beguiled, frustrated and consumed by Australia versus England Test cricket. It is the greatest sporting encounter between two nations in the modern age. The forthcoming five-match Test series, being played in Englan... read more

A series of books designed to help the reader to get more out of their chosen sport or game. Suitable for the active participant and passive enthusiast. Each book is packed with information, photographs and illustrations to explain the core skills, tactics and rules of the game.

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Cricket defines Englishness like no other national pastime. From its earliest origins in the sixteenth century (or an early version played by shepherds called creag in the 1300s), through the formation of the MCC and the opening of Lord's cricket ground in 1787, to the spread of county cricket in the next century, when the Wisden Cricketers'"Almanack" was first published and the Ashes series was born, this simple sport of bat and ball has captured the imagination of the masses. Throughout its 500-year history, cricket has been a mi... read more

Two events, continents apart and spread over three days, merged into a moment of profound drama which has echoed through time on New Zealand. They were a cricket Test in South Africa and the railway disaster at Tangiwai, which claimed the life of the fiancee of a New Zealand player. The rip tide of emotion that was unleashed gave rise to a legend, now preserved for posterity by a skilled writer who has meticulously recreated the drama.

Tim Heald sets off on a tour that takes him from Cornwall to Lancashire, from the cradle of cricket in Kent and Sussex to Lord's itself. He demonstrates that, contrary to what some sceptics believe, there is much more to cricket than just a game. Village Cricket is an examination of Englishness, and a portrait of the quirky, elusive, funny, friendly and socially fulfilling pastime that is cricket.

In this first-ever book about the life of a New Zealand cricket umpire, Steve Dunne reveals what went on behind the scenes during his thirteen-year international career. Dunne stood in more test matches than any other New Zealand umpire and was the first in the world to control 100 one-day internationals. He discusses the highs and lows of his career, the players he clashed with, and the issues that confronted him. It is a moving story, honestly told, by a man who liked nothing better than the challenge of being alone in the ... read more

The Wisden on the Ashes: The authoritative story of cricket's greatest rivalry is a detailed chronological journey through the history of this famous English-Australian contest. With Test reports, scorecards, "Great bowlers of the year" and other fascinating material from the archives, together with new editorial pieces, this is a remarkable record of cricket's most enduring battle.The book begins its journey with England's first tour of Australia in 1876 and the subsequent three series prior to the 1882 tour that led to a mock obi... read more

Calling all cricket fans: settle back in a deckchair, pour yourself a refreshing pint of hoppy English ale, and prepare to savour summer's timeless symphony of leather on willow in the congenial company of Barry Norman (not just one of Britain's best-loved broadcasters, but also a self-confessed cricket obsessive - 'Cricket is my great passion, right up there with the movies!'). Barry Norman's Book of Cricket delivers a wealth of information about every aspect of the world's most popular summer game: how its rules developed from i... read more

The whimsical diary of an occasional versifier and cricketing ne'er-do-well. The author has spent 50 years on radio, and the last 36 as producer-presenter of the weekly out-and-about documentary series, Spectrum. This collection is from the author's blogs in 2008 on cricketmystery.com. First published 2009.

A fascinating collection of true stories about cricket's oddest matches - ranging from the bizarre to the downright hilarious. Drawn from the lengthy annals of the game's history, Cricket's Strangest Matches is a must for all cricket enthusiasts and for anyone interested in the history of the sport.